Our innovative approach

One young person in five in the UK is growing up in severe poverty. Only 30 per cent will have escaped that poverty by the time they’re 30.

Impetus-PEF finds charities and social enterprises with high-potential and works with them to improve their capacity to make a positive impact on the lives of young people in poverty in the UK.

There’s no quick fix to this problem. Many young people will need individual support, tailored to their specific needs. That is why, at Impetus-PEF, we take a portfolio approach. After a vigorous due diligence process, we invest in organisations with high-potential for creating social impact, working to improve the lives and prospects of young people living in poverty in the UK.

We partner with these charities and social enterprises, providing them with a powerful combination of long-term funding alongside management support from our in-house investment team and pro bono business expertise to maximise their effectiveness and enable their expansion.

Our aim is to ensure that these charities and social enterprises are effectively delivering targeted outcomes… and then achieving scale in the areas of educational attainment and work readiness.

Our impact

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Testimonials

In philanthropy as well as business, money alone can only do so much; it is money combined with skills and experience that achieve real impact. Impetus is leading the way in creating lasting change through this strategic combination.

Sir Ronald Cohen

My visit to the Private Equity Foundation was inspiring. It is organisations such as PEF who will help us pioneer a social investment model in the UK.

Rt Hon. Francis Maude MP

The most effective help is the combination of money and advice that is the hallmark of a new breed of intermediaries like Impetus that are developing the market for venture philanthropy and investment for social good. Their time is now.

Rt Hon. Nick Hurd MP

For too many young people, opportunities are out of reach and their chances are hampered for reasons as simple as the street they’re growing up on. Employers, communities and voluntary organisations all have a part to play in narrowing this gap. ThinkForward is showing just what can be done and I congratulate it on the work it’s achieved so far.